Ok I can understand you may not like her talking to random ppl live, but this alone is not cheating. People can talk to other people they previously haven't known while in relationship. Of course contents of such conversation can be crossing the line and therefore be reason for break up. You however decided she is cheating without regards for context.
Yeesh. You shouldn’t be talking marriage after dating a 24 year old for 7 months. He is too young and the pressure is going to backfire. If you enjoy your time together, that’s enough for the moment. But it seems like you are at different stages in life and what you want.
Okay, that is a fair point. Perhaps I am looking at this as from a perspective from what I -think- I should be doing, and not actually listening to her. Not sure how to channel that frustration though.
I’ll see if there is such a therapist in our area, not sure if she would be up for it, but I agree that it has the potential of taking us forward
The gaslighting and manipulation is strong with this one. Trying to say YOU are disloyal when he's the one that cheated… Wow. Did you find out if he was seeing/talking to her again? Do yourself a favor and dump this dude. He did one of the worst things you can do in a relationship and just expects you to continue trusting everything he says? No.
She needs a reality check. “The way you treat me is not acceptable, and if you don't start treating me with respect as a husband and father by X date you will be raising this child by yourself”.
She's comfortable acting like this because, like most men, you're a doormat and don't like fighting with women. It's not going to get better until you stand up for yourself and impose boundaries. She's 32 with a 1 year old, she cannot go to the store down the street and replace you if you walk out.
She needs some fear of God followed by a clear plan, expectations, and timeline. Not an open-ended demand to “do better”. Be clear about what you want and expect, which sounds like it needs to be therapy for her totally not resolved PPD.
Excuse for why they fail. Excuses for why they can't even try to do better.
What more do you need. Within their mind their beliefs make it impossible for them to change. You can wait until they change their mind on their own, which is somewhere between tomorrow and never.
It's less giving up on them, and more accepting who they really are. If you accept who they are, and who they are is not something you can tolerate. Then you need to stop spending your life tolerating a person you don't actually like. Why should you try fixing a person who can't even begin to believe they can fix themselves.
When it comes to therapy. The patient does all the work. The therapist is a guide. If they can't even get to that starting point, a therapist is not going to be very helpful.
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Ok I can understand you may not like her talking to random ppl live, but this alone is not cheating. People can talk to other people they previously haven't known while in relationship. Of course contents of such conversation can be crossing the line and therefore be reason for break up. You however decided she is cheating without regards for context.
Would you mind if I PM you for more context?
Yeesh. You shouldn’t be talking marriage after dating a 24 year old for 7 months. He is too young and the pressure is going to backfire. If you enjoy your time together, that’s enough for the moment. But it seems like you are at different stages in life and what you want.
This isn’t going to help after the fact…?
Okay, that is a fair point. Perhaps I am looking at this as from a perspective from what I -think- I should be doing, and not actually listening to her. Not sure how to channel that frustration though.
I’ll see if there is such a therapist in our area, not sure if she would be up for it, but I agree that it has the potential of taking us forward
The gaslighting and manipulation is strong with this one. Trying to say YOU are disloyal when he's the one that cheated… Wow. Did you find out if he was seeing/talking to her again? Do yourself a favor and dump this dude. He did one of the worst things you can do in a relationship and just expects you to continue trusting everything he says? No.
She needs a reality check. “The way you treat me is not acceptable, and if you don't start treating me with respect as a husband and father by X date you will be raising this child by yourself”.
She's comfortable acting like this because, like most men, you're a doormat and don't like fighting with women. It's not going to get better until you stand up for yourself and impose boundaries. She's 32 with a 1 year old, she cannot go to the store down the street and replace you if you walk out.
She needs some fear of God followed by a clear plan, expectations, and timeline. Not an open-ended demand to “do better”. Be clear about what you want and expect, which sounds like it needs to be therapy for her totally not resolved PPD.
Excuse for why they fail. Excuses for why they can't even try to do better.
What more do you need. Within their mind their beliefs make it impossible for them to change. You can wait until they change their mind on their own, which is somewhere between tomorrow and never.
It's less giving up on them, and more accepting who they really are. If you accept who they are, and who they are is not something you can tolerate. Then you need to stop spending your life tolerating a person you don't actually like. Why should you try fixing a person who can't even begin to believe they can fix themselves.
When it comes to therapy. The patient does all the work. The therapist is a guide. If they can't even get to that starting point, a therapist is not going to be very helpful.